Re: What's your tools for C++ dev?

["Michael Yang" <michael.yxf@gmail.com>]

OS's API is what I would need mainly. 

manpages are good, but it would be better if there is a well organized documents. 

For example, when I want to investigate some issues on regular _expression_, in Perl, I can use "perldoc -q reg", in Java, I can search the class name with the keyword, in Qt, I can check the classes related to regular _expression_ within "assistant" doc.

With manual pages, it seems that I have to know the exact name which exists in manuals, like "man std::iostream", to get the related manuals, but will not if the name is wrong.

-M.

On Jan 8, 2008 11:17 PM, Magnus Therning <magnus@therning.org> wrote:

On 1/8/08, Michael Yang <michael.yxf@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi all:

I'm starting the C++ Developer work on linux, no GUI app involved.

Could you tell me what the tools you are working with?

I'm trying with g++ and vim. Is there a package containing the help doc for the library API, like the MSDN on Windows.

Well, it all depends on what libraries/APIs you are programming against.  The OS's API is generally documented in manpages (manpages-dev).   Many libraries are accompanied by *-doc packages letting you isntall the documentation you need locally.  Some things (mostly tools in my experience) is documented in info format (IIRC it's the official documentation format for GNU packages) and if you search online you can usually find most of that for perusing in a web browser too.

So, you might say it's a bit less organised in than in the Windows world, but bear in mind that if you use non-Microsoft APIs you end up with a similarly unstructured set of documentation.

/M